Ogier Lirac Quotes & Sayings

It is in our genes to understand the universe if we can, to keep trying even if we cannot, and to be enchanted by the act of learning all the way. — Lewis Thomas

The abiding western dominology can with religion sanction identify anything dark, profound, or fluid with a revolting chaos, an evil to be mastered, a nothing to be ignored. 'God had made us master organizers of the world to establish system where chaos reigns. He has made us adept in government that we may administer government among savages and senile peoples.' From the vantage point of the colonizing episteme, the evil is always disorder rather than unjust order; anarchy rather than control, darkness rather than pallor. To plead otherwise is to write 'carte blanche for chaos.' Yet those who wear the mark of chaos, the skins of darkness, the genders of unspeakable openings
those Others of Order keep finding voice. But they continue to be muted by the bellowing of the dominant discourse. — Catherine Keller

Willing or not, we are all hostages of the joy of which we deprive ourselves. Here springs love's pre-eternal sadness. — Odysseus Elytis

Are you kidding? I jumped off a building
of course I'm hurt. — Derek Landy

No one had much faith in me because I was so young. They imagined a little brat with a flash-in-the-pan single. It was inevitable ... Thankfully, I proved people wrong. — Billie Piper

If a piece ofknotted string can unleash the wind and if a drowned man can awaken ... then I believe a broken man can heal. — Annie Proulx

I think in the late '80s and early '90s horror was dead. — Eli Roth

The superiority of one mind over another depends on the rapidity with which experiences are thus organised. — George Henry Lewes

Pay attention to that unchanging part of yourself. It is perfect. At the source of life, and only there, one finds peace, harmony, and the undisturbed contentment of bliss. — Deepak Chopra

I was now privy to how a calm, average , peace-loving individual can suddenly get infected with a special kind of crazy. Higher reasoning is replaced with killer animal instincts. — Dan Skinner

If you could see a photograph of what it took to make an advertising photograph - things you don't think about, like the photo assistant carefully arranging the meatballs - the degree of unnaturalness would be astonishing. Yet it produces an image that looks natural, and is orchestrated to provoke basic emotional responses. — Sandy Skoglund

The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're there, listening to every word, but part of you is observing. Everything is useful to a writer, you see - every scrap, even the longest and most boring of luncheon parties. — Graham Greene

In the long run, our most deeply held desires will govern our choices, one by one and day by day, until our lives finally add up to what we have really wanted most
for good or otherwise. We can indeed have eternal life, if we really want it, so long as we don't want something else more. — Bruce C. Hafen